N171: Kundedjnjenghmi

AIATSIS code: 
N171
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kundedjnjenghmi

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Tindale (1974)
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Other sources
Gundedjnjenghmi [Nick Evans p.c.]
Synonyms
Gundedjnjenghmi, Deynegmi, Deynekmi
Comment
Comments: 

Evans describes Gun-dedjnjenghmi (N171) as a dialect of Bininj Gun-Wok N186, a term he introduced to describe the relationships between Kunwinjku N65, Gun-djeihmi N71, Kune Narayek and Kune Dulerayek N70, Kuninjku N173, Gun-dedjnjenghmi N171 and Manyallaluk Mayali N44 (v:2003). Documentation on Bininj Gun-Wok N186 may be relevant.

 

References: 
  • Evans, Nicholas. 2003. Bininj Gun-wok: a pan-dialectal grammar of Mayali, Kunwinjku and Kune: Pacific Linguistics 541. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
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NT
Location information: 

... south-east from Oenpelli (Djordi, Djorrolam and Madjarlun clans) (Evans 2003).

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Links
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Indigenous organisations: 

Bininj Kunwok: kunwok dja mankarre kadberre - our language, our culture http://bininjkunwok.org.au

Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS1-
2005Estimate-
2006Census-
2011Census-
2014NILS2
2016Census-
2018-2019NILS3

Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.

Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).

Documentation
Type Documentation Status Documentation Score
Word list None 0
Text Collection Less than 20 pages 1
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)   ARNHEM LAND GROUP Gunwinjgu-Gunbarlang group Gundedjnjenghmi Gunwinjgu (or Mayali, or Bininj Gun-wok, or Neinggu) Oates (1964), Evans (1991, forthcoming) further dialects include: Guninjku, Gundjeihmi, Kune, Gundedjnjenghmi
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975) Gunwingguan Gunwinjgic Bininj De?ynegmi  
Wurm (1972) Gunwingguan Gunwinggic   De'ynekmi  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)